Now that Holy week (including Easter) is over, I'm back with some sports takes...I guess. Normally this time of year is one of my favorites. You've got NFL draft and Free Agency going bananas, NBA playoff seeding is heating up--it should be a good time for a sports junky like myself. Usually I've got Twitter opened, checking Rumor Central on ESPN/NFL.com, scouring local sports pages for FA visits, pro days, putting my Draft binder together with the top 10-15 players at each position. I'm scheduling time off to let the draft soak in. 3 glorious days of football, football AND more football. this year, eh, not so much
Why the lack of enthusiasm..my teams are less than inspiring. The Raiders (under new management) APPEAR to be making the right decisions under new GM (former Raider) Reggie McKenzie and new Head Coach Dennis "the menace" Allen. Oakland has no CAP room and 2.3 draft picks this year--none until the end of round 3. The team had to cut lose some BAD contracts and make some solid decisions for starters and depth. Based on what we could pay, it looks solid but only real action will show if it was the right call or not. By not overpaying (typical Raider fashion) and NOT offering the farm (in terms of draft picks) we're setting ourselves up for a bright future...hopefully
The Lakers...SMH...the good, the bad and the ugly! Sometimes they play like world beaters, most times they play like a good And 1 team. Depth is not strong but getting better. The coach is clueless and in awe of his players--bad sign. The GM has his hands tied by the owner's son and shackled by David Stern--the villain--yup still not over how we got jobbed on the CP3 deal. One bright spot, the Lamar Odom trade makes us look like bandits! LO just got the Keyshawn treatment for the year and we're no worse for wear. We parlayed his trade into Ramon Sessions, Bo Bo Johnson and got rid of Luke Walton's contract. Not bad if you ask me. Not great, but not bad either. Not sure which Lakers team shows up from day to day so I have no idea what to expect in the playoffs.
Times like these I think I need to get into a new sport. Maybe baseball? The Indians are a farm team for the Yankees and others, so that's a no. Hockey? Not ready to get into that yet. Soccer? Adult kickball (in my expert opinion)--not happening. Before any of you start with the "it's the most popular sport in the world" take, I DON'T CARE! Running around a field the size of a continent for hours on end only to see 2-3 goals made is not entertaining for me. So take your juice boxes and orange slices elsewhere! oh I forgot, "with all due respect" of course :)
OK, that's all I got today--I know it wasn't much but it's my expert opinion!
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